[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1569]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 2009

  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, consistent with the House Republican 
Leadership's policy on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge the 
requests I have detailed below are (1) not directed to an entity or 
program that will be named after a sitting Member of Congress; and (2) 
not intended to be used by an entity to secure funds for other entities 
unless the use of funding is consistent with the specified purpose of 
the earmark. As required by earmark standards adopted by the House 
Republican Conference, I submit the following information on projects I 
requested and were included in H.R. 2647--The National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2010.
  Account: Navy; Research, Development, Test & Evaluation; Line 3, 
Defense Research Sciences; PE #0601153N
  Project Name: ONAMI Nanoelectronics, Nanometrology and 
Nanobiotechnology (N3I) Initiative
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity:
  Portland State University; Oregon State University; University of 
Oregon; Oregon Nanosciences and Microtechnologies Institute
  Portland State University
  Portland, OR 97207
  Project Location: Portland, OR; Corvallis, OR; Eugene, OR; Corvallis, 
OR
  Description of Project: H.R. 2647 appropriates $2,000,000 for the 
ONAMI Nanoelectronics, Nanometrology and Nanobiotechnology (N3I) 
Initiative. According to the requesting entity, this project would 
support collaborative research to generate new applications such as 
nanoelectronic devices to address the end of Moore's Law scaling, 
advanced solar cells, nanoscale chemical imaging for catalysis 
improvements in areas such as bioremediation and ethanol production, 
nanoscale biosensors for point-of-care health management, and 
biological cell imaging and measurement capabilities.
  Account: Defense-wide (DOD); Research, Development, Test & 
Evaluation; Line 238, Industrial Preparedness; PE # 0708011 S
  Project Name: Northwest Manufacturing Initiative
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity:
  Manufacturing 21 Coalition
  1100 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 1425
  Portland, OR 97204
  Project Location: Portland, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 2647 appropriates $1,200,000 for the 
Northwest Manufacturing Initiative. According to the requesting entity, 
funds for this project would improve the performance of manufacturing 
companies and the products they create as part of the defense logistics 
pipeline.

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